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Behaviour Awareness Week
Great Minds Together (GMT) launched Behaviour Awareness Week (BAW) with the purpose of fostering awareness and a deeper understanding of behaviour in children and young people. BAW serves as a platform to encourage educators, parents, policymakers, and communities to rethink their approaches to managing behaviour in children and young people. BAW continues to grow annually as a platform to drive positive change for how schools, care and residential homes perceive and respond to behaviour in young people, with the goal of encouraging schools, care and residential homes to implement a more therapeutic approach to behaviour.
Behaviour Awareness week 2024
For 2024 the theme is ‘Therapeutic Behaviour Policies in schools, care and residential homes'
Children and young people are being let down time and time again by a sanction led system that does not understand or meet the needs of children, particularly those who are neurodivergent, may have unmet or undiagnosed needs, those who may have experienced trauma and those with additional needs or a disability.
All behaviour is a form of communication and many behaviour policies in schools, ,care and residential homes just initiate punishments and sanctions when certain behaviours are experienced, when we should be listening to children and young people to try to understand what they are trying to tell us.
All behaviour doesn’t need to be sanctioned, we don’t want to scare our young people and create an environment based on fear. There is evidence that a more therapeutic approach leads to better outcomes that are less likely to require crisis intervention later down the line, which is costly and traumatic.
Through workshops, seminars, and awareness campaigns, the week-long event aims to promote empathy, dialogue, and proactive strategies for supporting positive behaviour and emotional well-being. Together, let's work towards a future where every child feels supported, understood, and empowered to succeed.
PETITION TO Stop sanction-led behaviour policies in schools
All children deserve outstanding education & care.
Free Webinars
Strategies and what can be implemented instead of isolation with Michelle Myers, Autism Central Northwest Hub lead
Therapeutic strategies for behaviour in schools with Stacey McDermott, a SENCO at a Multi Academy Trust in Oldham
Behaviour Awareness – A therapeutic approach to behaviour management with Emma Mander, CEO of Great Minds Together
Behaviour Awareness – An Interview with Jo Gaunt, author of ‘Your Safe Space: Creating A Home Where Autistic Children Thrive’
Behaviour Awareness – A talk with Stacy Whiteway, Lead Behaviour Professional, for Behaviour Awareness Week
Understanding the impacts of ADHD on behaviour with Katie Trowse, the author of 'The girl who always could’
Behaviour Awareness Week 2023
SEND Children are being let down by behaviour policies
Frustrated parents of children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are calling for the government to review the behaviour policies and educational psychologist resources in schools and look at how we can better support our children and young people with SEND.
The letter has been signed by 107 parents and caregivers from across the UK, many of whom have struggled for years to access resources and support for children and now find themselves in a constant fight for better acceptance and understanding in an educational setting.
Introducing Fidget!
In celebration of Behaviour Awareness Week, we want to introduce our very own mascot.
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